District Quotes
273 quotes by 216 authors
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of…
— Dan Aykroyd
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As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.
— Joe Baca
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The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion - well, eight years…
— Michele Bachmann
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The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school…
— Lynda Barry
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Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county…
— Jello Biafra
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School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.
— Eli Broad
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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will…
— Florence Nightingale
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The question taxpayers keep asking is 'why should we pay for services for those who have broken the law to get here?' They should not,…
— Michael D. Antonovich
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.…
— Charles Darwin
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A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support…
— Benjamin Franklin
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In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.
— Confucius
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English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as…
— James Anthony Froude
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I believe [the Department of Energy] should be judged not by the money we direct to a particular State or district, company, university or national…
— Steven Chu
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I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me…
— Anna Wintour
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Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes,…
— Chris Colfer
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Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the holiday.
— Roger Bannister
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When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek…
— Helen Prejean
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But we must also look at renewable heat technology. More combined heat and power schemes, putting waste heat to better use. More district heating schemes.…
— Chris Huhne
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It all made sense - terrible sense. The panic she had experienced in the warehouse district because of not knowing what had happened had been…
— Flora Rheta Schreiber
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John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.
— Nasim Pedrad
Who Wrote These District Quotes
216 authors contributed a total of 273 District Quotes, led by these top contributors: